Gusts up to 40 miles per hour could lead to ‘extreme’ fire behavior in British Columbia

High winds exacerbated some of wildfires in the west-coast Canadian province of British Columbia over the weekend, and the number of people forced to flee their homes more than doubled to 37,000 in what’s shaping up to be one of the worst forest-fire seasons in over a decade.

British Columbia officials provided an update Sunday on the raging forest fires, the day after it issued 10 evacuation orders due to the risk that the most...